These are a few new things from Denso Marston Nature Reserve except for the Weevil (Green Nettle Weevil, Phyllobius pomaceus) that is the header image and the Grey Wagtail chick with parent.
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Denso Marston Nature Reserve
I snuck out for an hour or so on Monday. It was damp and a lot colder than I had expected when looking out of the window at home but I managed to spot a few new things.
I have seen several varieties of Shieldbug but this is the first time I have seen what I think are Brassica Shieldbug, Eurydema oleracea.
I am not that keen on Spiders so I am not going to spend long looking closely at this one. A couple of searches were suggesting it is some kind of Orb-Weaving Spider.
In the past I have seen tiny black beetles down in Dandelions but these are brown and possibly a Fruitform Beetle of the Byturidae family, Byturus ochraceus or Byturus tomentosus.
The last two beetles are a Rove Beetle and a kind of Soldier Beetle, Cantharis nigricans sp.
The last one is of a Grey Wagtail fledgling with a parent. I was lucky to get this because they were across the other side of the river under shade and by then dark clouds had come over. I also messed up slightly in that the camera was still set to 200ISO for using my macro lens and ring flash for the beetles. 1/125s at 800mm for a bird that is always wagging its tail was not the best of settings.
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